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It´s never about ideologies and religion. Its a poor pretext of fighting for ressources.
And maybe this is the biggest problem. Most of the soldiers don´t know the real reasons why they were fighting. Some call it brave - others call it stupid....

Yes. But people from ancient times are denser than today's. At least, today's soldiers are paid. It's their job. Before, just 'cause the king told them to fight, they will. (Though, sometimes they can be killed if they don't.)But I salute them all equally. Once a soldier, always a soldier.